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Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro earbuds add a charging case screen

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Anker has released its new Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro wireless earbuds that include improved noise canceling...
Anker has released its new Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro wireless earbuds that include improved noise canceling and faster charging than their predecessors. The most obvious change, though, is the upgraded case with a screen to show battery life or adjust ANC settings without grabbing your phone.The Liberty 4 Pro is avail...
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Senator Laphonza Butler thinks supporting Big AI or human workers is a ‘false choice’

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Representing California in Congress comes with a unique challenge: navigating national politics while reflecting the interests...
Representing California in Congress comes with a unique challenge: navigating national politics while reflecting the interests of the most populous state in the US, including a large constituency from the tech industry. It’s a challenge both current California Sen. Laphonza Butler and Vice President Kamala Harris — ...
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Now you can use Apple’s Home Key to get into your garage or home office

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A new Ray-Ban Meta update adds reminders and voice messages

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Meta is bringing reminders to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, a feature it previewed during its Connect...
Meta is bringing reminders to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, a feature it previewed during its Connect event last month. With the update, you can ask Meta AI to remember your surroundings, like where you parked, and even time up reminders to make a phone call.The other features coming with the update include the ability...
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The SEC is appealing a federal court’s ruling on Ripple

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All Elite Wrestling will start streaming on Max in January

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Welcome to the streaming era of the wrestling wars. WWE’s flagship weekly show, Raw, is ditching...
Welcome to the streaming era of the wrestling wars. WWE’s flagship weekly show, Raw, is ditching cable and headed for Netflix in January. And today, Warner Bros. Discovery and All Elite Wrestling announced a multiyear rights extension that will bring AEW content to Max starting in... you guessed it... January 2025. ...
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Nintendo is limiting how much merch you can buy from its new museum’s gift shop

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The best Fitbits for your fitness and health

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Writer’s note: Amazon’s next two-day Prime-exclusive sales event, Prime Big Deal Days, is coming up on...
Writer’s note: Amazon’s next two-day Prime-exclusive sales event, Prime Big Deal Days, is coming up on October 8th. You can shop the best early Prime Day deals now, or circle back later to peruse a deep pool of deals on fitness-focused wearables and other fun tech.In 2024, you might wonder if Fitbit is still relevan...
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Tesla’s cheapest Model 3 is no longer available

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Tesla is no longer selling the sub-$40,000 rear-wheel drive Standard Range version of the Model 3...
Tesla is no longer selling the sub-$40,000 rear-wheel drive Standard Range version of the Model 3 that has been in the company’s lineup since 2023. The most affordable trim is now the Model 3 RWD Long Range that starts at $42,490. The change was first pointed out by Electrek and comes as Tesla announces a year-over-...
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The feds still can’t get into Eric Adams’ phone

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery,...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over, according to charging documents. That was almost a year ago, and investigators still can’t g...
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How to follow live sports scores on your iPhone lockscreen

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When it introduced iOS 16, Apple added a feature called Live Activities as part of a...
When it introduced iOS 16, Apple added a feature called Live Activities as part of a broader update to notifications and the lockscreen. Live Activities is a little different from a standard push notification or widget — it offers a way for apps to put real-time information in a persistent notification bubble on you...
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The Garmin Lily 2 Active watch finally adds GPS and buttons

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Zelda’s new solo adventure on the Nintendo Switch is already on a small sale

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How Hurricane Helene became a monster storm

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The Southeastern United States is reeling from Hurricane Helene, a monstrous storm that made landfall in...
The Southeastern United States is reeling from Hurricane Helene, a monstrous storm that made landfall in Florida on Thursday before cutting a terrifying path all the way up to Tennessee. How did it get this bad? The storm has killed more than 100 people, and hundreds more are still missing. Power is out for millions...
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YouTube’s missing hits will come back now that it has a deal with SESAC

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YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs...
YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the weekend. Many hit songs from artists such as Adele, Nirvana, and others disappeared, which YouTube blamed on the lack of an agreement to renew its existing deal.In an email to The Verge, SESAC...
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The Echo Hub smart home controller is down to a new all-time low price

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Amazon offered some pretty good deals ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days sale last week...
Amazon offered some pretty good deals ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days sale last week and continues to do so, but admittedly, we’ve seen most of these discounted prices before. Today’s deal on the Echo Hub is the exception, though, as Amazon is now selling it at a new all-time low price of $124.99 ($55 off). That’s ...
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Leaked Google Pixel 9A renders reveal a visor-free look

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This smart front door can go from clear to opaque with a voice command

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Glass front doors are great for letting light in during the day but not so great...
Glass front doors are great for letting light in during the day but not so great when you want privacy at night. The Home Depot has a smart solution for this problem — a glass front door that can switch from clear to opaque on a schedule, with a voice command, or by pressing a button. The smart glass Feather River d...
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Cruise hit with $1.5 million fine for failing to report robotaxi crash involving pedestrian

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Cruise’s failure to disclose the fact that a pedestrian was seriously injured by one of its...
Cruise’s failure to disclose the fact that a pedestrian was seriously injured by one of its driverless vehicles in San Francisco last year has now resulted in a $1.5 million fine to the federal government. Last October, a Cruise vehicle hit a pedestrian and then dragged her 20 feet after she was initially struck by ...
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Hurricane Helene barreled through a crucial chip mining area in North Carolina

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Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead...
Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead and catastrophic damage stretching across the state’s mountain towns. The devastation also reached the small town of Spruce Pine, which is home to the purest quartz on Earth.Spruce Pine’s high-quality qua...
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California governor signs one driverless vehicle bill, vetoes two others

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Amid the hullabaloo around California Gavin Newsom vetoing a closely watched artificial intelligence bill, three other...
Amid the hullabaloo around California Gavin Newsom vetoing a closely watched artificial intelligence bill, three other bills that would regulate a different type of AI — autonomous vehicles — landed on his desk with less fanfare. The governor signed one and vetoed two others. For the second time in two years, Newsom...
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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

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Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting...
Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin. The policy applies to adjusting all community types, meaning moderators will hav...
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Amazon may tap Brian Williams to host an election night special

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Meta blocks links to the hacked JD Vance dossier on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook

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Meta is restricting links on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook that lead to Ken Klippenstein’s newsletter containing...
Meta is restricting links on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook that lead to Ken Klippenstein’s newsletter containing a JD Vance dossier that was allegedly nabbed in an Iranian hack of the Trump campaign. The company has apparently removed posts containing the link and is seemingly blocking links to PDFs of the dossie...
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